This document thanks sponsors of the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) events in 2009 and provides information on sponsorship opportunities for 2010. It lists the various sponsors for MHTA programs, conferences, and initiatives in 2009, including companies like Medtronic, Microsoft, General Mills, and 3M. It also provides details on an upcoming 2010 New Years Social hosted by the Digital Technology Center at the University of Minnesota to discuss science and technology-based economic development, with sponsorship from the host Medtronic.

1. Thank you to our 2009 Sponsors
and today’s host Medtronic!
2010 MHTA Sponsorship Opportunities
January 12, 2010

2. 2009 ACE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM SPONSORS
Program Sponsor
Host Sponsors
Event Sponsor Media Sponsor

3. 2009 ANNUAL MEMBER UPDATE SPONSOR

4. 2009 CEO BRIEFING SPONSORS
Host Sponsor
Event Sponsors

5. 2009 CIO PANEL SPONSORS
Event Sponsors
Breakfast Sponsor

6. 2009 MID‐SIZE CIO FORUM SPONSORS
Session Sponsors
Host Sponsors

7. 2009 E‐NNOUNCEMENT ADVERTISERS

8. 2009 GOLF OUTING SPONSORS
Title Sponsors
Golf Cart Sponsor Shirt Sponsor
Weather Sponsor
Eventive Meetings
Hole Contest Sponsors
BenchmarkQA; Premiere Global Services; RJ Ahmann
Hole Sponsors
Aerotek; Asset Recovery Corp.; Convergent Solutions Group; getSTEM; Microsoft;
Robert Half Technology; SafeNet Consulting; Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce;
Scales Advertising

9. 2009 MONE SPONSORS
Member Only Networking (MONE) Event Sponsors

10. 2009 SPRING CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Platinum Sponsors
Speaker Sponsor General Mills
Media Sponsor Twin Cities Business
Cyber Cafe Sponsor PDS
Lanyard Sponsor VISI
Lunch Sponsor Axonom Inc.
Gold Sponsors Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, SWAT Solutions
Silver Sponsors Ecolab; enStratus; GSP Consulting; Marco; NetApp;
Padilla Speer Beardsley; Robert Half Technology;
Salesforce.com; SEH Technology Solutions; Virteva
Next Generation Workforce Sponsors MN Center for Engineering & Manufacturing
Excellence; Wallin Education Partners
Transitional Workforce Sponsors Center for Strategic IT and Security; Honeywell;
The Latitude Group; Starkey

11. K‐12/STEM/HIGHER ED INITIATIVE SPONSORS
getSTEM Web Portal
Partner
Sponsors

12. K‐12/STEM/HIGHER ED INITIATIVE SPONSORS
Education to Business (E2B)
Scholarship Program
MentorNet

13. 2009 TEKNE AWARDS SPONSORS
Platinum Sponsors
Innovation Toast Sponsor
BenchmarkQA
Gold Sponsors
Comcast Business Class; Honeywell; ION Corporation; Padilla Speer Beardsley
Media Sponsor Emcee Sponsor
Twin Cities Business Brave New Workshop
10th Anniversary Gift Sponsor VIP Reception Sponsors
Microsoft Toronto Stock Exchange &
Consulate General of Canada
Silver Sponsors
Digital River; IBM; KPMG; Minnesota Computers for Schools; PricewaterhouseCoopers;
QLogic; Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP; Scales Advertising; Starkey; Unisys

14. 2009 POST TEKNE PARTY SPONSORS
Gold Foundation Sponsors

15. 2009 Other Event Sponsors
Economic Stimulus Package: R&D Tax Credit Seminar
Federal and State Technology Opportunities. July 23, 2009
How to Get Your Fair Share
June 25, 2009
Sponsors: Partner: Sponsor:
TECHNOLOGY – INNOVATION – ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
Health IT Summit
Creating Minnesota’s Future: A conversation with Aneesh Chopra
with Aneesh Chopra: December 9, 2009
December 8, 2009
Partner:
Partner: Host Sponsor:
Sponsors:

16. Statewide Science & Technology Briefing ‐
2010 New Years Social
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
4:30 – 7:00 pm
Digital Technology Center in Walter Library (East Bank, U of MN)
Registration 4:15 pm, Panel will begin at 4:30 pm
Host Sponsor:
Featuring a panel discussion on Science & Technology‐based Economic Development
Moderator: Alex Cirillo; Vice President; 3M Community Affairs & 3M Foundation
Stan Harpstead; Mayor, Arden Hills; Member, Regional Council of Mayors
Joy Lindsay; Principal, StarTec Investments; Member, Science & Technology Strategy Committee
Dan McElroy; Commissioner, State Department of Employment & Economic Development
Kathy Saltzman; State Senator; Author of legislation to create the S&T Strategy Committee
Visit www.mhta.org for additional information and to register.

17. THANK YOU!